this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
280 points (96.4% liked)

The Onion

4565 readers
787 users here now

The Onion

A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.

Great Satire Writing:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Thanks, Onion, that does make me feel better.

all 35 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'll take action on under 5.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Honestly, he's going downhill fast. Not that he was ever very uphill. But still, his faculties clearly aren't improving.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Norin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I honestly don’t think he makes it to January.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If there's anything worse than the words "President Trump" it's "President Vance"

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would MAGA in the government and MAGA voters solidify around James Bowman*, or would they tear themselves apart trying to be Donald’s successor?




* MAGA don’t allow preferred names, right?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends what the AM Radio Crowd tells them to do

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Will they all be able to stick to one script?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Given how consolidated the market has become? I doubt Clear Channel has any trouble corralling their horses.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Start spreading conspiracy that couchlover fed poison to orange turd.😶‍🌫️

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

What are the odds on 4?

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The article was published January 23, 2013, so that was almost 12 years ago.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 month ago

Okay now it makes me feel better. Didn't like the thought of him going another 20yrs :(

[–] errer@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Damn this article is on the nose

Why, by 2020, I, a man who recently tried to extort the sitting president of the United States to release his college and passport records, might even begin to show signs of serious and unavoidable decline in mental and physical faculties, and doesn’t that just perk your spirits right up?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 25 points 1 month ago

Published: January 23, 2013

Goddamn the Onion is good.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

For those who don't want to click away, here are some of the highlights:

Published: January 23, 2013

...

Whenever you’re feeling low, just remember that I, Donald Trump, will be dead in roughly 15 to 20 years.

...

Biologically speaking, I, the host of NBC’s The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, have no more than two decades left to live. In fact, right now I’m just 10 years away from reaching the average lifespan of an American male.

...

Sure, I’ll have a grand, opulent funeral that will be talked about and broadcast extensively, and all the news segment retrospectives on my life will probably be obnoxious to watch and listen to, and will very likely make you angry. But just think: all of those segments will end with a picture of my blustery, self-important face and the dates 1946–2031 printed beneath it. Or maybe 1946–2032. Or, who knows, maybe earlier!

...

And if my death in 15 or 20 years feels like it’s too far in the future to wash away your blues, you can take heart knowing that I’ll start to physically and mentally deteriorate well before then. Why, by 2020, I, a man who recently tried to extort the sitting president of the United States to release his college and passport records, might even begin to show signs of serious and unavoidable decline in mental and physical faculties, and doesn’t that just perk your spirits right up?

[–] Steve@startrek.website 21 points 1 month ago

That long????

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd rather the cause die instead of the symptom

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Reminding myself that I'll most probably outlive Trump and Putin provides me happiness.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Wish you'd hurry up with it

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a great reason to keep on living. I was thrilled when Kissinger finally croaked

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The fact that I don’t have to breathe the same air as that piece of shit, still fills me with joy. Same with Rumsfeld though not to the same degree. Waiting to line up to piss on Dick Cheney’s grave.

I keep saying that Trumps greatest virtue is that he is mortal and will die. It is amazing for my mood.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT

I.
Terezin is full of beauty.
It's in your eyes now so clear
And through the street the tramp
Of many marching feet I hear.
In the ghetto at Terezin.
It looks that way to me,
Is a square kilometer of earth
Cut off from the world that's free.

II.
Death, after all, claims everyone,
You find it everywhere.
It catches up with even those
Who wear their noses in the air.
The whole, wide world is ruled
With a certain justice, so
That helps perhaps to sweeten
The poor man's pain and woe.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't wanna wait, For his life to be over

I want to know right now, what will it be?

I don't wanna wait for his life to be over

Will it be yes or will it be... sorry?

Doo doo doo doooo

Doo doo doo doooo

Doo doo doo doo doooo

[–] echo@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

JFC - Don't taunt me with having to put up with that fuckwit for that long.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago

Published: January 23, 2013

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I've been thinking about this regularly and it does not make me feel better

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Knowing he won't be around to see the result of his climate change denial does not make me happier :/

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Only to get another shit fk like him. It doesn't fucking end.